Hi Everybody,
Just time for one more episode before I'm off to the sun sand and blue sea!
A brief piece that seems to me to be particularly relevant to today's society.
' We have become accustomed in the West to seeking our solutions not so much in individual change but through political manoeuvring or through the promises of science and technology. But it's quite clear that both have severe limitations when it comes to achieving profound social change. Inevitably societies are made up of individuals, and in essence, Buddhism is about transforming society in the only way that profound social change can be sustained, from the bottom up, by transforming individual lives. It talks indeed of human revolution, individual by individual. We could certainly argue I think that rarely in human history has there been a greater need for a philosophy of society based upon individual responsibility, and profound respect for the welfare of others.
Both describe what Buddhism is about. '
Thats it!
See you when I get back.
Best wishes,
William
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